A thug yawned in the dock as he was sentenced for burgling a pensioner who was so terrified she pretended to be asleep.
The 86-year-old “froze” and lay hiding beneath her duvet while the burglar went through her wardrobe. Thomas Farrell, 20, then left the bedroom of her Egremont flat and rifled through cupboards and drawers in other rooms while she stayed in bed too frightened to move for an hour until she was sure he had gone.
Liverpool Crown Court heard on Friday, April 8, the victim had lived independently in her flat for 34 years, but because of the incident, which happened on December 11 at around 5am, had to move out. She was initially in respite care but is now in sheltered accommodation and has to rely on others for assistance.
